The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated probe into the contentious joint venture pact between the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Delhi-based Sainik Mining & Allied Services Ltd (SMASL) for coal mining in the state.
Both companies had formed a JV named Kalinga Coal Mining (Private) Ltd for raising coal from Utkal D block in Angul district, allotted to OMC, with an estimated coal reserve of 138 million.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/cbi-initiates-probe-omc-sainik-coal-mining-deal
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/angul-d
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mineral-based-industry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-interest-litigation-pil
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-coal